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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — English (English)
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Act number
25 of 1955
Year
1955
Ministry
Ministry of Law and Justice
Enacted
1955-05-18
Also available in
Hindi (हिंदी) PDF
Official source
Government gazette
About the HMA
The **Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HMA)** is the principal statute governing the marriage, judicial separation, divorce and related matters of Hindus in India. It applies to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs, and to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion. The act runs to roughly 30 sections, organised into 6 chapters covering the preliminary provisions and definitions, the conditions and ceremonies for a valid Hindu marriage, restitution of conjugal rights and judicial separation, nullity of marriage and divorce, jurisdiction and procedure of the courts hearing matrimonial matters, and savings and repeals. This page indexes the full text of every HMA section, sourced and kept current with official notifications. Use the search above to find a section by keyword (e.g. “divorce”, “maintenance”) or by section number.
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